GHOSTWRITER:
I HAD A CRUSH ON YOU
DISCLAIMER:
Ghostwriter and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
Rob moves back. When he does things start to heat up between him and Gaby…
CHAPTER 3: ASKING FOR GHOSTWRITER'S HELP...
THE APARTMENT...
Rob walked Gaby to her room and sat on her bed holding her until he was sure she had cried herself to sleep.
Rob made it to the door and was about to go into the living room where everyone else was.
"Rob?" Gaby asked waking up. "I'm here." Rob assured her.
"Will you stay with me?" Gaby asked. "I..." Rob began. "Please, Rob...just for a while?" Gaby pleaded not wanting to be alone.
"All right," Rob agreed closing the door and lying down next to her. "Why did..." Gaby began to cry again. "Shhhh, it's going to be all right." Rob said as he once again wrapped his arms around her.
Gaby rolled over so that she was face to face with him.
"Thanks, Rob." Gaby told him and gave him a kiss on the lips. "For what," Rob asked pulling away and looking at her. "For being there for me," Gaby answered
"I'll always be here for you, Gaby. I love you." Rob told her. "I love you to, but I miss my brother so much." Gaby told him.
"I know do you want to go out and talk with everyone else?" Rob asked. "No, you go ahead. I just want to be alone for a while." Gaby told Rob. "Are you sure?" Rob inquired. "Yeah," Gaby said.
"All right, I'll be in the living room with everyone else." Rob said and once again headed for the door. "All right," Gaby whispered and lay back down.
Rob gave her a quick kiss and headed to the living room.
"How is she holding up?" Jamal inquired. "I don't know she wanted a little time to herself." Rob replied. "I miss Alex. He asked me to marry him and then dies, before I can answer." Tina said as the tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"First Ghostwriter and then Alex, what's happening?" Gaby asked coming out of the bedroom.
"I wish Ghostwriter could help us." Gaby said sadly. "We could try writing to him and tell him what happened." Lenni suggested.
"He already told us good bye and said we didn't need him anymore." Tina told her in a hopeless voice. "Let's just try it and see what happens." Gaby said as she sat down on the couch.
"Are you feeling better?" Rob asked her. "No, I just want to find who killed my brother and get justice for him." Gaby replied.
So Rob pulled a notebook off the coffee table and began to write.
'Ghostwriter, we need your help. Alex is dead and we need to find out why and what happened.'
They waited, but there was no response.
"Dammit! Why did Ghostwriter leave us now when we need him the most," Jamal yelled punching the couch, saying what everyone was thinking. "He didn't know that Alex would die and we would need him again." Lenni said.
"Maybe it's time to let the police handle this one." Gaby said and looked around at everyone. "You can if you want, but if we don't solve it, it will become an unsolved case and we'll never know." Jamal told her.
"We're not kids going around solving cases anymore. We're adults now and Ghostwriter is gone. It's time to grow up." Gaby pointed out grabbing her coat, heading for the door and slamming it behind her. "I'll go after her." Rob said, grabbing his coat, he went after her.
A PARK BENCH…Rob soon caught up with Gaby, finding her on a bench sobbing. Rob sat down and put an arm around her, but she pushed him away.
"Gaby..." Rob began. "You think we should try to get Ghostwriter to come back to, don't you?" Gaby asked. "I think it would be nice. We could then help the police find out what happen to Alex." Rob told her.
"Then why don't you just go back to the rest of the team and help them." Gaby suggested. "Gaby, please don't push me away. We're all hurting and we can lean on each other for support." Rob told her.
"I can't do this anymore…depending on Ghostwriter to help me solve the case. We're not kids anymore," Gaby said laying her head against his shoulder.
"I know it's harder on you and Tina then the rest of us. You were his sister and Tina was his girlfriend, but we have to go on. Maybe solving this case we help us heal." Rob said.
"You're right." Gaby told him as he leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips. "Come on, let's go back and see if the rest of the team has had any luck." Rob said standing up and holding out a hand to her.